Glossary

A

adapter

Sun InfiniBand Dual Port 4x QDR PCIe Low Profile Host Channel Adapter M2.

B

BoIB

Boot over InfiniBand.

I

IB

InfiniBand. A switched fabric communications link primarily used in high-performance computing.

IB-HCA

InfiniBand Host Channel Adapter.

IBTA

InfiniBand Trade Association.

IPoIB

Internet Protocol over InfiniBand.

O

OFED

OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution.

Q

QDR

Quad data rate. A communication signaling technique wherein data is transmitted at four points in the clock cycle.

QSFP

Quad small form-factor pluggable. An interconnect system for the I/O ports.

S

SerDes

Serializer/Deserializer. A pair of functional blocks used in high-speed communications to compensate for limited input/output.

U

uDAPL

User Direct Access Programming Library.